Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1982. Xiii, 191pp; [4] color plates; b&w illus. Black cloth; dust jacket. Light foxing to textblock edges. Jacket with a 2-inch closed tear at base of rear panel (tape repaired to interior), edgewear and short closed tears/creasing, and light foxing to verso. Very good in good jacket.
First edition of this landmark work documenting the early New York subway graffiti scene; a history of the art form, with interviews and profiles of notable artists throughout, including The Fabulous Five member George Lee Quiñones (b. 1960). An uncommon first.
